Windows Vista SP1: No Performance Gain

Microsoft says that Windows Vista is going to give you, developers, new opportunities on a scale you haven't seen since Windows 95, but Vista is the target of a number of negative assessments by various groups. Like the OS itself my own personal opinion has not budged so here is another reason why Microsoft Windows Vista is still just not worth it: SLOW PERFORMANCE. The latest Vista SP1 update does nothing to alleviate this.

Right now the best end-user alternative to Windows Vista is its predecessor Windows XP. From the perspective of an IT professional, however, I find that Windows Vista is easier to deploy and less expensive to maintain, than any earlier version of Windows as well as being a major and significant upgrade in security.

SP1 is NOT a performance update. The bottom line is If you've been disappointed with the performance of Windows Vista to date, get used to it. Most would say It's performance is atrocious, even compared to Microsoft's own XP SP2.

Windows Vista is Microsoft's new client operating system, which is just beginning its long journey to replace XP. That journey will be longer and longer unless the MS engineers can improve this shoddy performance.

Vista vs Vista/SP1 benchmarks Here